Ribbon-box



(No Model.)

J. H'. MORSE.

RIBBON BOX.

Patented July 28, 18911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HENRY MORSE, OF MARION, KENTUCKY.

RIBBON-Box.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,630, dated July 28,1891.

Application iled December 26, 1890. Serial No. 375,820. (No model.) l

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN HENRY MORSE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marion, in the county of Crittenden and State of Kentucky,have invented a new and useful Ribbondox, of which the following isaspecification.

This invention has relation to a ribbon case and exhibitor for use inretail stores.

The objects of the invention are to provide a suitable case adapted toreceive reels of ribbon, exhibit the saine to'purchasers, and to holdthe reels while the desired quantities are drawn oft from the reels.

A further object is to provide means for adapting the ribbon pockets forvarious widths of ribbon-reels.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features of the same will beparticularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of the case, thedoor swung open. Fig. 2 is a detail in perspective of one of the trays.Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 designates a rectangular or other shaped case, to one side of which ishinged, as at 2, a glass door 3, the free end of which may be locked tothe opposite edge of the case by a hook 4 or other ordinary fasteningdevice. The opposite side walls of the case are provided withcorresponding cleats G, and upon each pair of cleats is removablymounted a ribbon-tray 7. ""Each tray comprises a front and rear bar 8and opposite end bars 9, said bars 8 being connected by asemicylindrical and preferably sheet-metal bottom l0, the opposite edgesof which are nailed or otherwise secured to the under side of the barsS. At corresponding intervals the inner surfaces of of the bars 8 areprovided with vertical kerfs or slots 11, and removably mounted inopposite pairs of the same are sheet-l1ietal partitions 12.

In practice a ribbon-reel is placed in one end of the tray thus formed,after which a partition, as above described, is inserted in the adjacentkerfs, thus forming a pocket or coinpartment in which the reel looselylies. A second reel is then placed in position, and then a secondpartition, and so on until the tray is lled.

It will be observed that the reels may be of various widths and each beaccommodated with a properly-proportioned partition. i

From the above description it will be seen that I provide a casesuitable for receiving various widths of ribbon-reels, which case eX-hibts the color of the ribbon and thoroughly protects the same fromdust, vermin, Sto.

Having described my invention, what I claim s The herein-describedribbon-tray, consisting of a rectangular wooden frame, the oppositelongitudinal side bars of which are provided with corresponding seriesot' adjustingkerfs, the curved sheet-metal bottom secured at its edgesto the side bars, and the series of removable partitions mounted in thekerfs, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HENRY MORSE.

Witnesses: i

CoRT. J. PIERCE, R. C. WALKER.

